Jeremiah 17 Study Notes
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17:14-18 This is another of Jeremiah’s “confessions” (see note at 4:19-22).
17:14 The Lord is described as Jeremiah’s praise or hope. He trusted the Lord to heal and save him.
17:15 Jeremiah’s enemies were taunting him because his prophecies had not yet come to fulfillment.
17:16 Jeremiah took no delight in announcing God’s coming judgment, nor did he shrink away from the unpleasant task.
17:17 Jeremiah feared God might desert him and leave him alone before his enemies.
17:18 This is an imprecation as is often found in the Psalms (e.g., Ps 69:22-28; 139:19-22). Jeremiah recognized his enemies as the enemies of God.
17:19 The People’s Gate was not the gate of the temple. The gate Jeremiah referred to is unknown, but it was apparently a place where people commonly gathered.
17:20-27 The Sabbath day, mentioned several times in these verses, testifies to the fact that God was the Creator of the seventh day and that he had a covenant with Israel. If the Sabbath law was observed, the Davidic line of kings would continue to sit on the throne and Jerusalem would continue to be the center of worship.
17:26 The land of Benjamin was north of Judah; the Judean foothills were the western lowlands, west and southwest of Judah; the hill country was the central part of the country; and the Negev was the dry, arid land south of Judah. Frankincense was not the incense offering, but the incense that was added to the offerings (Ex 30:7-9). Thank offerings were a type of peace or fellowship offering (Lv 7:11).